JAPAN Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) saw their international cargo volumes fall again in April but at less…
May 2012
Japan to supply fuel to thirsty Alaska
14 / 05 / 2012
ALASKA’S ongoing jet fuel shortage, which is causing consternation among transpacific freighter operators, looks like it will be abated, at…
ATSG confident about an uncertain future
14 / 05 / 2012
AIR Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced larger than expected increases in its revenue and profit for the third quarter. …
Air India surcharge boycott
11 / 05 / 2012
A ROW over an “unjustifiable” rise in fuel surcharges on perishable goods has led a group of angry exporters to…
Veteran Brooks leaves American
11 / 05 / 2012
DAVE Brooks is retiring from American Airlines (AA) Cargo effective 1 July. Brooks has been president of the division for 16…
Panalpina appeals fines
11 / 05 / 2012
SWISS logistics supplier Panalpina says it will appeal against its price-fixing fines totalling CHF59m (US$63m) after suffering a CHF40m ($43m)…
Ruslan delivers UN cargo
11 / 05 / 2012
FREIGHT specialist Ruslan International completes its 15-flight programme delivering cargo to the Japanese peace-keeping contingent of the United Nations mission…
Pilots call for fatigue-loophole closure
11 / 05 / 2012
A US pilots’ union has appealed against the ruling that excludes cargo pilots from new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fatigue…
Nokia cell shipments dive 27 per cent
11 / 05 / 2012
NOKIA lost its place as the world’s largest cell phone brand since 1998 with its air freight plummeting 27 per…
Cargo heads ‘optimistic’ about future
11 / 05 / 2012
HEADS of air cargo divisions and all-cargo airlines are positive about demand picking up in the industry, according to the…
Asian airlines profits drop 47 per cent
11 / 05 / 2012
HIGHER oil prices and a weak cargo market are being blamed for the 47 per cent drop profits among Asia…
Dnata’s cargo volumes rise 700 per cent
11 / 05 / 2012
GROUND-handling specialist Dnata reveals its air cargo volumes rose 700 per cent during the last financial year at its newest…
Asia-Pacific’s 4.1 per cent cargo drop
10 / 05 / 2012
INTERNATIONAL air cargo demand and capacity dropped by 4.5 per cent and 4.1 per cent, respectively in March, in the…
Cargo Champions – Sang-eun Wang
10 / 05 / 2012
SANG-eun Wang – or Chairman Wang as he is nicknamed in South Korea – celebrated his 91st birthday on 31…
Cargojet Airways’ new Cologne service
10 / 05 / 2012
CANADIAN cargo carrier Cargojet Airways is operating a new weekly 767 freighter into Cologne (Germany). The flight connects Cologne/Bonn Airport…
Emirates’ new Vietnam cargo service
09 / 05 / 2012
EMIRATES SkyCargo’s new daily passenger service to Vietnam will enable the airline’s cargo division to offer some 240 metric tonnes…
Cargo route for Vizag exporters
03 / 05 / 2012
A NEW cargo route connecting Vizag (India) with Africa, Europe and the US is to get under way. Naki Air…
Just the Facts
02 / 05 / 2012
Globally, air freight markets show signs of recover. Freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) were more than four per cent higher in…
Record year for Abu Dhabi Airport
02 / 05 / 2012
ABU Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is on course for ‘another record year’ as figures show cargo traffic through the UAE…